Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Board denied service connection for multiple disorders, including right and left hip, right knee, right shoulder, left hand (finger), left elbow, vision impairment, thyroid cancer, psychiatric disorder (to include depression and anxiety), separate psychiatric disorder, neck muscle spasms, left shoulder muscle spasms, and a left knee sprain.

The Board denied service connection for a tonsil disorder, to include tonsillitis with tonsillectomy, as there was no current disability involving the tonsils. The claims for kidney disability, diabetes mellitus, and an acquired psychiatric disorder were remanded for further development.

The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death during the pendency of the appeal.

The Board remands the claims for service connection and a compensable disability rating due to the need for further development, including determining the Veteran's participation in toxic exposure risk activities (TERA) during his military service.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection on multiple conditions have been dismissed due to his death.

The Board has found new and relevant evidence for the service connection claim of a psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD. The case is being remanded for further readjudication on the merits.

The Board denied a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss and a higher than 10 percent rating for bilateral foot porokeratosis in soles, metatarsalgia both feet. The claims for service connection for various disabilities were remanded.

The Board denied service connection for right knee, left knee, right wrist, and left wrist disabilities due to the absence of current diagnoses during the relevant evidentiary window. The claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder was remanded for further development, as was the back disability claim.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a mental health condition, including schizophrenia, was dismissed because the appeal was improperly docketed under the AMA review system.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for unspecified schizophrenia, other psychotic disorder with depression is granted with an effective date of August 4, 2019. The issue of earlier effective date for TDIU prior to May 12, 2021, is remanded.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for the Veteran's cause of death to allow for readjudication based on new and relevant evidence.

The Board has remanded the case due to a duty-to-assist error and insufficient opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, specifically PTSD. The Veteran contends his PTSD is related to an assault during service, but no records from Fort Jackson are available for review.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus has been granted.,Service connection for a low back disability and an acquired psychiatric disorder (including depression and anxiety) is denied.

The Veteran's schizophrenia is granted as service connected, with the Board finding that symptoms began during or immediately after service and supported by lay statements.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, was denied. The Board found that the Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of an acquired psychiatric disorder.,The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for tinnitus was also denied as his symptoms are already at the maximum schedular rating.

The Veteran's effective date for a total disability rating for an acquired psychiatric disorder is set to January 17, 2021. The Board also granted the earlier effective date for Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits.

The Board has determined that there are errors in the pre-decisional duty to assist and remands are required for further examination and opinion regarding service connection for a skin disorder, an acquired psychiatric disorder, and insomnia.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error. The AOJ will consider any additional evidence when the claims are readjudicated.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including alcohol use in sustained remission, other specified depressive disorder, and anxiety disorder is attributable to service. The head injury with headaches claim is being remanded for further development.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for SMC HB was denied as the evidence did not show that he met the criteria for SMC HB based on his service-connected disabilities and unemployability.